capo 4th fret (sounding key e major)

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after a while we took in the clothes,

nobody said very much.

just some old wild shirts and a couple pairs of pants

which nobody really wanted to touch.
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mama come in and picked up a book

an´ papa asked her what it was.
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someone else asked, "what do you care?"

papa said, "well, just because."
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then they started to take back their clothes,

hang ´em on the line.
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it was january the thirtieth

and everybody was feelin´ fine.
the very next day everybody got up
seein´ if the clothes were dry.
the dogs were barking, a neighbor passed,
mama, of course, she said, "hi!"
"have you heard the news?" he said, with a grin,
"the vice-president´s gone mad!"
"where?" "downtown." "when?" "last night."
"hmm, say, that´s too bad!"
"well, there´s nothin´ we can do about it," said the neighbor,
"it´s just somethin´ we´re gonna have to forget."
"yes, i guess so," said ma,
then she asked me if the clothes was still wet.

i reached up, touched my shirt,
and the neighbor said, "are those clothes yours?"
i said, "some of ´em, not all of ´em."
he said, "ya always help out around here with the chores?"
i said, "sometime, not all the time."
then my neighbor, he blew his nose
just as papa yelled outside,
"mama wants you t´ come back in the house and bring them clothes."
well, i just do what i´m told,
so, i did it, of course.
i went back in the house and mama met me
and then i shut all the doors.